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You might want to consider the old Suydam kits, later they became California Models, and now are called Alpine Division Scale Models. They offer some nice kits that are perfect for the era you mention. They come in one of 3 colors - yellow/orange, grey, or red - buy the one in the color appropriate to what proto RR you are modeling (in my case the yellow/orange works well for SP / ATSF, or the grey works well for UP). I've built a couple of these and they come out very nice. I even had one that was not the color I wanted, so I just painted it into the appropriate color. They're a bit harder to build than a plastic kit, but not quite as hard as say a full blown craftsman Campbell kit (though they are close). The end results are very nice - nicer than the picture shown. You can find them at pretty decent prices on ebay, off and on (search under each of the 3 mfg'rs), or in some LHS's. Walthers never seems to have them in stock. I used to not know or consider them to be much of a kit, until I bought one cheap and built it. I've built several craftsman kits, and these are close, and the results are very nice, though like any kit (plastic or craftsman, though more so the latter) you get what you put into them. A patient, detailed effort yields excellent results. Shoddy, impatient efforts yield shoddy results. http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/700-5021 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/700-7001 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/700-504 A companion frt house http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/700-5111 Don't forget Walther's very nice Built Up series, where the structures come painted, assmbled, and ready to use. They are also available in 3 colors for the same reasons mentioned earlier. Here's a small depot in that line: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-2806 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-2807 http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-2808 They' also have companion/matching water tanks, interlocking towers, lineside structures, etc. offered in the 3 colors, which are themselves very nice. This is a grand time to be in the hobby, what, with all of the choices and options. Enjoy the hobby! Greg
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